Author: Nick Dekker

Greater Columbus Arts Council Unveils Comprehensive State of Public Art Report

Six Months of In-Depth Research Reveals Insights into Public Art in Greater Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is pleased to announce the release of the State of Public Art report, a culmination of six months of extensive research and community engagement centered around…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 26 Artists for 2024 GCAC Navigator Program

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is thrilled to announce the second year of the GCAC Navigator program, an initiative that will help GCAC engage more deeply with our diverse community. Started in 2023, the GCAC Navigator program hires a group of Columbus-based artists each year to…

Art of Bangladesh Opens Feb. 2 in GCAC’s Loann Crane Gallery

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) opens Art of Bangladesh, curated by Dina Zaman, in GCAC’s Loann Crane Gallery on Friday, Feb. 2. The opening reception will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 at the gallery, located at 182 E. Long St. Art of Bangladesh will…

Ariel Peguero Joins Greater Columbus Arts Council as New Grants & Community Engagement Associate

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is excited to welcome Ariel Peguero as an associate for the Grants & Community Engagement department. Ariel Peguero (he/him) is a Dominican-American artist who holds a BFA in advertising and graphic design from Columbus College of Art & Design, with a…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Releases 2024 Grants Program Details and New Website

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) has released the guidelines for its 2024 funding programs. In the coming year, GCAC is renewing most grant, fellowship, residency, award and exchange programs, with some adjustments, while adding new offerings. The changes are in response to feedback collected through a…

Film Columbus Awards $50,000 at the Second-Annual Pitch Cbus Competition

Awards presented in partnership with Gateway Film Center, Greater Columbus Arts Council and Cinema Columbus Film Festival COLUMBUS, Ohio – Film Columbus, in its ongoing commitment to support and promote the local film industry, held its second annual Pitch CBus competition on Nov. 3, 2023. Filmmaker Sydnee Roberts-Crews…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards $1,155,265 in Inaugural Round of Capital Expense Grants

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced today the inaugural recipients of its new Capital Expense grant program. The program is designed to ensure that sustainable arts and cultural organizations are able to construct and maintain capital assets vital to their mission. As 2023 was the first…

Jana M. Cardwell Awarded 2024 Aminah Robinson Fellowship

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), is pleased to announce that Jana M. Cardwell has been awarded the 2024 Aminah Robinson Fellowship. Designed to celebrate the legacy of Columbus-based artist Aminah Robinson, the 90-day fellowship recognizes the exemplary…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Second Round of 2023 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowships

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is pleased to announce Rick Borgia, Sam Corlett, Mark Hampton, Baba Jubal Harris, Charlotte McGraw, Chineze Okpalaoka, Melissa Vogley Woods and Julie Whitney Scott as the second-round recipients of the 2023 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship. Each artists’ project will receive a…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2023 Thrive Program Grant Recipients

Three-year program provides sustainability for arts organizations and collectives led by and serving people of color COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced today the three recipients of the 2023 Thrive grant awards—A Tribe For Jazz, Kingdom Image Arts and Use Your Ears. Launched in…